Dr Jemma Tyson
Biography
My research interests surround policing, particularly surrounding police staffing and police engagement with minority groups. My PhD examined the police responses to hate crimes against people with learning disabilities, exploring the perceptions and experiences of service users and service providers. This also explored wider issues such as police culture and police training.
My current research focuses on police retention and police leavers, exploring the reasons for voluntary resignations and the implications for police retention and recruitment. I am a member of the Michigan State University Police Staffing Observatory, whose international members conduct research on police workforce and staffing issues.
Research interests
- Policing
- Police staffing, retention and leavers
- Policing disablist hate crime
Research outputs
2025
To cheer or jeer the “quitter”? Role exit and voluntary resignations of police officers within England and Wales
Tyson, J., Charman, S.
19 May 2025, In: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
Research output: Article
2024
‘In the “too difficult” box?’ Organizational inflexibility as a driver of voluntary resignations of police officers in England and Wales
Charman, S., Tyson, J.
21 Feb 2024, In: Policing (Oxford)
Research output: Article
2023
Leaving the table: organisational (in)justice and the relationship with police officer retention
Tyson, J., Charman, S.
7 Aug 2023, In: Criminology & Criminal Justice, 17p.
Research output: Article
Over and out: the damaged and conflicting identities of officers voluntarily resigning from the police service
Charman, S., Tyson, J.
8 May 2023, In: Policing and Society
Research output: Article
2022
Stressors or facilitators? Exploring the factors that impact police officers' abilities to respond to disablist hate crime
Tyson, J.
5 Apr 2022, In: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
Research output: Article
2020
Disablist hate crime: a scar on the conscience of the criminal justice system?
Tyson, J.
2 Jul 2020,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)